Union govt must reduce number of central schemes to ease financial burden on states: Bihar Finance Minister

Bihar Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary addresses the press conference after presenting the State Budget 2023-24 during the Budget Session of State Assembly, in Patna on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Bihar Government will urge the Centre to reduce the number of central schemes so that the financial burden on the states for the […]

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Centre must think of ‘one nation, one power tariff’ policy, says Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday called for a ‘one nation, one power tariff’ policy across the country, asserting that there is an urgent need to bring parity in the cost of electricity. Bihar gets electricity from the Centre’s power generation plants at a […]

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Jungle Raj prevailing in Bihar, people fed up with Nitish Kumar: BJP leader Dinesh Sharma

BJP leader Dinesh Sharma. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The people of Bihar are fed up with the Nitish Kumar government as “jungle raj” (lawlessness) prevails in the State, BJP leader Dinesh Sharma said on Sunday. He alleged that anti-social elements have been roaming freely in Bihar ever since Kumar joined hands with the […]

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United opposition including Congress can restrict BJP to under 100 seats in 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Nitish

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday asserted that the BJP will be restricted to under 100 seats if all the opposition parties, including the Congress, fight the 2024 Lok Sabha polls unitedly. Addressing a Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) rally in Purnea, the JD(U) supremo said […]

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Morning Digest: October 6, 2022

Pitch on cost of poll promises not linked to freebie debate: Election Commission official The Election Commission of India’s (EC) proposal that political parties disclose the financial ramifications of promises in their manifestos was not linked to the recent debate on freebies, but was aimed at improving the implementation of existing guidelines, a top EC official said […]

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Bihar municipal poll schedule in jeopardy as HC declares quotas for OBCs illegal

The High Court ruled that the elections be held “only by re-notifying the seats reserved…..treating them as general category seats” The High Court ruled that the elections be held “only by re-notifying the seats reserved…..treating them as general category seats” The Patna High Court on Tuesday declared as “illegal” reservation of seats for Other Backward […]

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Dropout rate at secondary level higher than national average in over dozen states

As per official data, West Bengal, Gujarat, Bihar and Tripura are among more than a dozen states where the school dropout rate at secondary level was higher than the national average of 14.6 per cent. The central government has suggested these states to take special steps to reduce the dropout rate. This information has been […]

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Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad to meet Sonia Gandhi on September 25

They are in New Delhi to attend a rally organised by O.P. Chautala on birth anniversary of his father and Indian National Lok Dal founder Devi Lal They are in New Delhi to attend a rally organised by O.P. Chautala on birth anniversary of his father and Indian National Lok Dal founder Devi Lal Bihar […]

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Bihar NEET 2022: BCECEB invites applications for PG courses

Bihar NEET 2022: Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board has invited online applications for the candidates who have qualified the NEET PG exam. Interested candidates can register online at the official website– bceceboard.bihar.gov.in The applications have been invited for admission to the first year of different courses including Post Graduate Degree, Post Graduate Diploma, DNB […]

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